FRC Blog - Awards, More Awards, and Medallions

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Awards

Important award submission deadlines coming up!

• Chairman’s Award and Woodie Flowers Award – Thursday, February 4th at 3PM Eastern Time
• Entrepreneurship Award and Dean’s List Award – Thursday, February 11th at 3PM Eastern Time

Find all the details on these awards in Section 6: Awards of the Administrative Manual.

Please take careful note of these dates, and that the submission deadline time is Eastern Time, not the time zone you happen to be in, unless the time zone you happen to be in is also Eastern Time.

Every year we get anxious calls and emails from teams that missed the deadline. That is not a place you want to be, and FIRST HQ doesn’t want you to be there either. As you know, the best way to plan to be on time is to plan to be early. Please give yourselves an internal deadline at least a day earlier than the real deadline so you have some breathing room in case the unexpected happens.

More Awards

Back in this blog we talked about the concept of Community Awards, and that the official FRC Awards couldn’t possibly account for all the recognition-worthy activities that happen in our fantastic community. We just recently added our first 2016 award to the Community Awards page – the Dave Lavery Animation Award for Excellence in Animation! Check it out here.

And please submit, per the instructions on the Community Awards page, if you have any awards for 2016 you would like to have included! I would think there might be some opportunity for theme-related awards this year. If one pops up for costume, I’m totally ready.



Actually, not me. This is Gabranth by Shoko-Cosplay. Image Credit Shoko-Cosplay.

Medallions

Hey, speaking of theme, check out the updated medallions we have for 2016. The image below shows the front of the gold medallion and the back of the silver medallion. The images on the front and back are the same on both colors. As a reminder, event Winners and teams earning the Chairman’s Award receive the gold medallions, event Finalists and teams earning the Engineering Inspiration Award receive silver medallions.



I can’t wait to see this game played!

Frank

[MARS_James]

I am not sure how I feel about the "medallions" on one hand they are unique to this game beyond just the usual year stamped on them. On the other hand the medieval look of them makes them look cheap or not well made to me, just my opinion but I feel you could have embraced the medieval theme and still make a polished circle that doesn't read as not well made.

[Nathan Rossi]

Seeing the new medallions reminds me, have the new blue banners been revealed yet? I remember there was speculation during the branding changes the color might change to the new light blue. I think it's pretty safe to say the new logo will be on the banner. Though, now I'm curious to see if the theme will be incorporated into the most precious pieces of fabric held by this community.

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by Nathan Rossi

Seeing the new medallions reminds me, have the new blue banners been revealed yet? I remember there was speculation during the branding changes the color might change to the new light blue. I think it's pretty safe to say the new logo will be on the banner. Though, now I'm curious to see if the theme will be incorporated into the most precious pieces of fabric held by this community.

Nothing has been officially stated, but FWIW we ordered duplicates of our banners (two schools) a month or two ago, through the company that makes them for FIRST and I asked. The guy said that as far as he knew...y'know, as the vendor... they weren't changing.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Nathan Rossi

Seeing the new medallions reminds me, have the new blue banners been revealed yet? I remember there was speculation during the branding changes the color might change to the new light blue. I think it's pretty safe to say the new logo will be on the banner. Though, now I'm curious to see if the theme will be incorporated into the most precious pieces of fabric held by this community.

Hey, bumpers are important too! /s

I remarked on Twitter, but I hope in future years FIRST will consider a medal design that returns the triangle-circle-square element to the forefront. (My beef isn't so much with the Stronghold-specific design this year as the fact that this element has been downplayed so much in the new program logos. I can't think of anything that's more under-the-tent and subject to some liberties than the medals.)

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Hey, bumpers are important too! /s

I remarked on Twitter, but I hope in future years FIRST will consider a medal design that returns the triangle-circle-square element to the forefront. (My beef isn't so much with the Stronghold-specific design this year as the fact that this element has been downplayed so much in the new program logos. I can't think of anything that's more under-the-tent and subject to some liberties than the medals.)

It's a pretty good medal(lion) but the use of negative space on the old ones was my favorite part and I miss it.